''that which makes apparent the truth of a matter in question''
Legal Sense
Case definition
''specie of proof or probative matter legally presented at the trial of any issue by parties and through
the medium of witnesses,record,documents,exhibits,concrete objects etc for the purpose of
inducing belief in the mind of the court or jury as to their contentions
Per Salauwa JCA ONYA V OGBUJI
KOLO V LAWAN (any type)
Authority Definition
PHIPSON
Testimony whether oral documntary or real which may be legally received in order to prove or disprove some fact in dispute
the content of that testimony
COCKLE
Term evidence in law called judicial evidence is same with common meaning
MICHAEL HIRST
Cockle's ascertion is wrong the law of evidence is broader as it concerns the law,therules,practice and procedure that regulate the means of proving facts or adducing evidence before a court of law
SIDE FACTS
Evidence can either be oral,documentary: EKANEM-ITA V FETUGA
CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE
Primary evidence
highest type of evidence,affords certainty to matter in question
orIginal document / admission of contents by party whom it is brought against :JACOBS V AG AKWA-IBOM
Secondary Evidence
Lord Esher in LUCAS V WILLIAMS ''evidence given in absence of that better evidence